Cambridge Physicists Find Wormhole Proof

5/21/2014

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Physicists at the University of Cambridge have
established a theoretical groundwork for the reality of wormholes, which are
pipes that join two different points in space-time. If a part of information or
physical object could pass through the wormhole, it might open the door to time
travel or immediate communication through huge distances. "But there's a
problem: Einstein's wormholes are extremely unsteady, and they don't stay open
long enough for something to pass over." In 1988, physicists reached the
deduction that a type of negative energy called Casimir energy might keep
wormholes open.

The hypothetical solution established at Cambridge
has to do with the properties of quantum energy, which conveys that even
vacuums are teaming by means of waves of energy. If you visualize two metal
plates in a vacuum, some waves of energy would be excessively big enogh to fit
between the plates, meaning that the space-time among the plates would have
negative energy. "Under the right circumstances, could the tube-like shape
of the wormhole itself generate Casimir energy? Calculations show that if the
wormhole's throat is orders of magnitude longer then the width of its mouth, it
does indeed create Casimir energy at its centre."